King Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, later King of Italy (1820-1878) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
332 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341575
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, King Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, later King of Italy (1820-1878) on Horseback, Staffordsire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of the King of Sardinia on a horse, facing left. In plumed cocked hat and uniform, with cloak hanging over his right arm, his left hand on the back of the saddle-cloth.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
KING. OF / SARDINIA (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter